UK Arts International and Creative Origins present

Ragamuffin

Throughout 2003 & 2004

Incorporating drama, African ritual, comedy, music, dance and film, Ragamuffin offers powerful insight into the black experience within Britain today, played out against the rhythms of dance-hall, raga, hip-hop, drumming and Haitian vodou sounds.

Ragamuffin, symbolising the ultimate bad boy with irresistible charm and gangster attitude, is standing trial for crimes against the African community. Against the backdrop of the Haitian revolution of 1804 and the British inner-city uprisings of 1985, the audience decides his fate…

‘In turns, it exasperated me, excited me, made me laugh and think and cry. I loved it.’
Bonnie Greer, Time Out London

It has a fierce passion and cheeky humour, as well as some terrific music and dancing, and elements of physical theatre that make other productions seem tired and anaemic.’
The Guardian